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influence on Victoria

Victoria’s childhood was made increasingly unhappy by the machinations of the duchess of Kent’s advisor,
Sir John Conroy. In control of the pliable duchess, Conroy hoped to dominate the future queen of Britain as well. Persuaded by Conroy that the royal dukes, “the wicked uncles,” posed a threat to her daughter, the duchess reared Victoria according to “the Kensington...